The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 28th September 2024

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Staying the course: On the fight against air pollution in the Indo-Gangetic plains

-The Centre and the States need to fight air pollution together

With the southwest monsoon drawing to a close, north India, particularly the States in the Indo-Gangetic plains, brace themselves for the annual spike (sudden increase) in winter pollution. Earlier this week, a top functionary (official) in the Prime Minister’s Office convened (arranged) a meeting with representatives from Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, along with the heads of several ministries in Delhi. The brief was to take stock of the steps in place to prevent air quality from deteriorating catastrophically (causing great damage) in Delhi. While pollution from vehicular emissions (release of gas or heat), road and construction dust, solid waste management, and diesel sets have over the years been counted as key sources of emissions, the burning of paddy stubble in Punjab and Haryana is known to be responsible for as much as 40% of the pollutant load during October and November. Punjab is expected to generate 19.52 million tonnes of paddy straw this year as compared to Haryana’s 8 million tonnes. At the meeting, both States have committed to “eliminate” paddy stubble burning this year. To be sure, last November, the Supreme Court of India had expressly ordered that such burning completely ceases. This year, it has demanded to know from the Centre the steps that have been taken to address the problem. Whether the States can comply (follow the rules) remains to be seen.

The harvest season of 2023 saw a 59% fall in the number of stubble-burning incidents in Punjab as compared to 2022; in Haryana, it dipped by 40%, but Uttar Pradesh saw a 30% rise. Despite the solutions to address the problem being known — create economic incentives (something encouraging people to act) as well as punitive (intended as punishment) measures to prevent straw from being burned — implementation remains a challenge. Punjab says that it hopes to manage 11.5 million tonnes of its paddy straw through in-situ (on the field) crop residue management and the rest via ex-situ methods. Similarly, Haryana will manage 3.3 million tonnes in-situ and use ex-situ methods for the remainder. In addition to this, 2 million tonnes of paddy straw would be ‘co-fired’ (burned together) in 11 thermal power plants across the NCR region. Co-firing refers to turning the straw into pellets that can be used as a source of carbon. Experience over the years shows that several of these machines are not available to farmers when required. While using the straw in power plants has often been touted as a solution, there is no well-oiled system in place to transport straw from field to plant. The causes of the pollution crisis are multi-layered (having many aspects) and will yield results only gradually. The States and the Centre must set aside their political differences and stay the course collectively.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 28th September 2024

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1. Spike – (noun) a sudden large increase in something.
2. Functionary – (noun) a person who has official duties, especially in a government or political organization.
3. Convene – (verb) to bring together a group of people for a meeting, or to meet for a meeting.
4. Catastrophically – (adverb) causing sudden and very great harm or destruction.
5. Emissions – (noun) the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
6. Comply – (verb) to act according to an order, set of rules, or request.
7. Incentives – (noun) something that encourages a person to do something.
8. Punitive – (adjective) intended as punishment.
9. Co-fired – (verb) the act of burning two types of fuel at the same time, such as straw and coal.
10. Multi-layered – (adjective) having many different parts or aspects.

Hindu Vocab Master 28th September with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master for 28th September 2024.

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Spike	surge, increase, rise, jump	decrease, drop, decline, dip
Functionary	official, representative, administrator, bureaucrat	non-official, civilian, layperson, outsider
Convene	assemble, gather, meet, call together	disperse, separate, break up, dismiss
Catastrophically	disastrously, devastatingly, tragically, ruinously	fortunately, beneficially, favorably, positively
Emissions	discharge, release, output, exhalation	absorption, intake, retention, capture
Comply	adhere, obey, conform, follow	defy, resist, reject, disobey
Incentives	motivations, inducements, enticements, stimuli	deterrents, disincentives, hindrances, obstacles
Punitive	penal, corrective, disciplinary, retributive	forgiving, lenient, exculpatory, absolving
Co-fired	jointly combusted, combined, together burned, mixed	N/A
Multi-layered	complex, intricate, layered, multifaceted	simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, flat